LotR - Prologue

[mark12_30]

I'm disappointed that Tolkien doesn't list New England as a place to find Hobbits.

Who else, reading this prologue, tiptoes thru the woods as quietly as possible?

Who else wishes to be "curiously tough"?

Firefoot:

{quote}Hobbits delighted in such things if they were accurate: they liked to have books filled with things that they already knew, set out fair and square with no contradictions. {/QUOTE} This is my favorite line in the prologue, and in my opinion a very good summary of hobbits opinions on books in general, at least before LotR.

And yet this immediately sets some hobbits apart; Bilbo, Frodo, even Sam-- especially Sam. "Elves and dragons! Cabbages and potatoes are better for you." Even before the quest, Sam was unusual.

davem wrote:

I do think its interesting the way Tolkien wishes to deny any speculation about 'magic' as regards Hobbits.

I had often thought his insistence a little odd, but considered this way it's quite comforting.

also from davem:

Angles, Saxons & Jutes

Call me clueless... Picts? Celts? De Danaan? where do they fit in? I thought it was more complex.